Andrew Lee
Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainable and Impact Investing, UBS Global Wealth Management
Today’s capital. Tomorrow’s generation.
The Impact Investor Global Summit is the leading conference on how private market investors can tackle the world’s biggest social and environmental challenges through impact investing.
Generalist to thematic, the event will showcase some of the most exciting impact managers in the world as well as active institutional investors in the market. Join over 500 attendees from leading fund managers and institutional investors for two days of networking at the must-attend event for impact investment professionals.
Connect with impact investors
Are you an impact allocator or institutional investor?
A limited number of complimentary passes are available for asset owners and institutional investors to join the event.
In order to qualify for a complimentary pass, you must meet the eligibility criteria and be representing a pension fund, insurance company, sovereign wealth, private wealth manager, foundation, endowment, family office or corporate investment division.
What can you expect at the Impact Investor Global Summit?
Meet institutional investors
Hear from institutional investors who are looking to increase their exposure to impact funds. Investors registered to attend in 2023 include PGGM, QBE Insurance, M&G, Alpha Associates, CalSTRs, AP6, Aksia, COFRA Holding, Greater Manchester Pension Fund, HSBC Insurance, Esmee Fairburn Foundation, J.P. Morgan Private Bank, Shell Foundation, Temasek, and many more.
Event content with value
The summit will explore investment opportunities across the impact market’s different thematic buckets, and how to build strategies that are measurable, scalable and deliver real world outcomes. Featuring sessions on impact benchmarking, specialist vs generalist impact strategies, allocation priorities, investments opportunities in climate, circular economy, placed-based investing, emerging markets, and many more.
Build a valuable network
Connect with industry participants in all aspects of impact investment and benefit from our expansive global community. Network in-person at interactive workshops, networking breaks, evening drinks reception, roundtable discussions and invite-only breakfasts. Build lasting relationships and compare best practices with your peers.
Event in numbers
2023 speakers included
Themes for 2023 included
- Impact investing in a time of uncertainty: how is rising inflation, interest rates hikes, the Ukraine war and the energy crisis in Europe going to influence the evolution of impact investing?
- Investor allocation priorities: what sectors, strategies and investment themes are resonating most with the growing pool of impact-orientated capital?
- Deploying capital for climate impact: where are the best emerging investment opportunities in energy transition, climate adaptation, food systems, natural capital solutions, water and carbon removal?
- Solutions to wealth inequality: what are the innovations, models and impact funds that are meaningfully addressing inequality?
- Deploying capital to address social problems: how is capital being deployed in tackling issues such as affordable housing and healthcare, sustinable communities and financial inclusion?
- Structuring impact as a mainstream allocation for your LPs: what innovations are taking hold in impact fund structures and incentives?
- Impact washing and regulatory outlook: how can you best comply with regulations such as SFDR and the upcoming rules coming from the SEC?
- Impact reporting and supporting impact claims: what are the best practices in metrics, measurement and verification of impact performance?
Testimonials from attendees
Operating Principles for Impact Management
Diane Damskey, Head of Secretariat
The event gathered some of the top names in impact investing and covered key topics to promote the understanding and growth of this market. The organization and…
SV Health Investors
Hannah Maunder, Investor Relations and Communications Associate
The Impact Investor Global Summit provided a huge amount of clarity on all things impact investing and did so in an engaging and enjoyable way.
FSN Capital Partners
Pål Dale, Senior Director, Business Development
All in all, the event provided a rich and detailed snapshot of the state of the impact investment industry, as of 2021.
Pre-Event Resources
2023 speakers:
For more information on speaking in 2024, please contact Boris Petrovic.
boris.p@peimedia.com | +44 (0)204 548 4494
Nicholas Abel
Portfolio Manager, Sustainable Investment & Stewardship Strategies, CalSTRS
Nick is a Portfolio Manager within the Sustainable Investment & Stewardship Strategies division of the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS), the nation’s largest teacher retirement fund. Nick is responsible for working with a de… Read full bio
John Alker
Head of Sustainability, Legal & General Capital
John is Head of Sustainability at Legal & General Capital, where he supports the business in delivering positive environmental and social impact and integrating ESHG across different asset classes. With nearly 20 years’ experience in the sustaina… Read full bio
Misa Andriamihaja
Private Equity Lead, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)
Misa joined the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change in 2022 to lead their work on the net zero investment framework, portfolio decarbonization, & investments in climate solutions for the private markets (private equity, venture capita… Read full bio
Marie Ang
Investment Director, Sustainable and Impact Investing, Cambridge Associates
Marie Ang is an Investment Director in the Sustainable and Impact Investing team at Cambridge Associates in the London office. She conducts investment due diligence on sustainable and impact investment opportunities, thematic research in areas of str… Read full bio
Kunle Apampa
Head of Client Solutions, Capricorn Investment Group
Kunle is Head of Client Solutions at Capricorn Investment Group, one of the largest mission-aligned investment firms globally. Kunle is responsible for the institutional growth of Capricorn as a mission-aligned Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OC… Read full bio
Charles Avery
Reporter, New Private Markets
Charles is a reporter for New Private Markets, PEI Group’s publication focused on sustainability, ESG and impact investing in private markets. He works across private equity, venture capital, private debt, infrastructure and real assets. He covers to… Read full bio
Clara Barby
Senior Partner, Just Climate
Clara is Senior Partner at Just Climate. Previously, Clara was Chief Executive of the Impact Management Project (IMP) and led the IFRS Foundation's project to establish the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), under the direction of t… Read full bio
Anita Bhatia
Investment Director, Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation
Anita is Investment Director at Guy's ＆ St Thomas' Foundation, where she leads the development ＆ implementation of the foundation's impact investment strategy. Previously, she was at Barclays Bank developing sustainable ＆ impact investment products f… Read full bio
Adam Black
Partner, Head of ESG & Sustainability, Coller Capital
Adam has had a career in ESG and sustainability for over 30 years. He holds a BSc (Hons) Environmental Science, MA Environmental Law and a post-graduate in Occupational Health and Safety. Adam is also a Fellow of the Institute of Environmental Manage… Read full bio
Eleanor Blagbrough
Co-Founding Partner, Blume Equity
Eleanor has a background in investing and consulting. Prior to co-founding Blume Equity, she was an investor at ECI Partners, a leading European growth-orientated private equity firm. There she focused on tech investing. Before joining ECI in 2009 sh… Read full bio
Jen Braswell
Managing Director and Head of Impact, Private Capital, EQT
Jen Braswell joined EQT Partners in September 2022 as Head of Impact for Private Capital based in London, UK. Prior to joining EQT Partners, Jen was Head of Value Creation in the Impact Group at British International Investment (formerly CDC Group),… Read full bio
Daniel Brewer
CEO, Resonance
Daniel is CEO at Resonance Ltd, a social impact Property Fund Manager, he founded Resonance in 2002 having spent several years in manufacturing as an engineer and leading a political lobbying campaign on the UK poverty trap. He has overseen Resonance… Read full bio
Andrew Bujtor
Managing Director, Low Carbon
Andrew is a Managing Director of Low Carbon Investment Management and a member of the Low Carbon Renewable Fund (LCRF) Investment Committee. Andrew is responsible for LCRF’s investment origination, M&A, commercialisation and debt financing activi… Read full bio
Adam Carver
CEO, Bitgreen
Adam Carver, is the CEO of Bitgreen, a blockchain built to meet the needs of NGOs, corporate ESG groups, and purpose-driven innovation in Web3. It is the first impact-oriented project in the Polkadot ecosystem. Previously, Adam Carver served as a Fix… Read full bio
Laurent Chatelin
Partner – Infrastructure, Eurazeo
Laurent joined Eurazeo as Partner and head of the Infrastructure investment team. Prior to that, Laurent was a Partner of Marguerite, a European infrastructure asset manager with 1.5bn€ AuM which he joined at inception in 2010. During his tenure at M… Read full bio
Bonnie Chiu
Managing Director, The Social Investment Consultancy
Bonnie is the Managing Director of The Social Investment Consultancy (TSIC), a global consultancy specialised in social impact measurement, impact investing and equity and inclusion strategies. TSIC has offices across Asia, Africa, Europe and the Mid… Read full bio
Carol Choy
Director, European Real Estate Transactions, DWS
Carol Choy is a Director at DWS, based in London, and having focussed on European real estate transactions from core to value-add strategies and special situations for over 12 years. She supports the portfolio management strategies for the DWS suite… Read full bio
Matt Christensen
Global Head of Sustainable & Impact Investing, Allianz Global Investors
Matt Christensen is Global Head of Sustainable & Impact Investing with AllianzGI, which he joined in 2020. As a Member of the AllianzGI Investment Executive Committee, he is responsible for accelerating the growth of Impact Investing as part of t… Read full bio
Jon Coker
Founding Partner, Eka Ventures
Jon is a Founding Partner at Eka Ventures, a seed stage venture firm that invests in climate and health technology. Jon founded Eka alongside Camilla Dolan to build a leading venture firm that integrates impact investing with mainstream venture. Eka… Read full bio
Daniel D’Ambrosio
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis
Dan D’Ambrosio is a partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP and member of the Firm’s ESG & Impact Practice Group. Dan’s practice focuses on counselling clients on ESG and sustainability matters across a range of cor… Read full bio
Diane Damskey
Head of Secretariat, Operating Principles for Impact Management
Diane Damskey is Head of the Secretariat of the Operating Principles for Impact Management, a global standard for impact investors. She leads the engagement with private sector asset managers, asset owners, wealth managers and family offices, and is… Read full bio
Phil Davis
Director of ESG, Helios Investment Partners
Phil joined Helios in August 2020, taking responsibility for Helios’ ESG, climate and impact related activities across the investment lifecycle, working closely with portfolio companies to realize ESG-related value creation opportunities, as well as… Read full bio
Paloma Giménez de Córdoba
Investment Vice President, Arcano Partners
Paloma joined Arcano in 2015 and has since then being involved in private equity investments until 2020 when she joined Arcano’s impact team. Since then, she is fully dedicated to impact investments across Europe and the US. Prior to joining Arcano,… Read full bio
Coralie De Masschalck
Head of CSR ＆; ESG, Kartesia
As Head of CSR ＆ ESG, Coralie is in-charge of CSR initiatives at corporate level, ESG criteria at portfolio level and the Kartesia impact strategy. Coralie has held the title of Head of Portfolio ＆ ESG at Kartesia from 2015 to 2021, until a full time… Read full bio
Alvar de Wolff
Managing Partner, Bregal Sphere
Alvar de Wolff joined Bregal in 2016 and has since led the development of Bregal’s dedicated impact investing platform, Bregal Sphere, and its inaugural impact investment in a leading nature-based solutions project developer – PUR. As part of the Bre… Read full bio
Lauren Densham
Head of Impact and ESG, Energize
Lauren is responsible for leading Energize Venture’s ESG and impact initiatives and supporting its portfolio of climate software companies with strategy development, execution and reporting. She brings more than a decade of experience in ESG strategy… Read full bio
Dr. Silva Deželan
Head of Impact & ESG, Forbion
Dr. Silva Dezelan is Forbion’s Head of Impact & ESG, responsible for its impact and ESG initiatives, strategy and further implementation. Prior to joining Forbion, Silva worked as ESG Director at Stafford Capital Partners, private markets and rea… Read full bio
Marleen Dijkstra
Managing Director, AlpInvest Partners
Marleen Dijkstra is a Managing Director in the Primary Funds team of AlpInvest Partners, where she is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and executing fund investments in Europe. She represents AlpInvest Partners on various LP Advisory Boards and… Read full bio
Kevin D'Souza
Chief Sustainability Officer, Resource Capital Funds
Kevin is a recognized professional and thought leader with over 30 years of direct experience in responsible mining including Environment Social Governance (ESG) related issues. Kevin is currently the Chief Sustainability Officer with Resource Capita… Read full bio
Peter Dunbar
Head of Private Equity, PRI
Peter Dunbar is a professional with over 20 years of experience in the asset management industry. As the Head of Private Equity at the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI), he leads its work in driving responsible inves… Read full bio
Jessie Duncan
Lead Program Officer, Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing
Jessie Duncan oversees all strategy and grantmaking at the Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing (TPF). The TPF is a donor collaborative supported by leading US philanthropic actors whose mission is to promote the growth, with integrity, of the impa… Read full bio
José María Fernández
Founding Partner Aliath Bioventures and Managing Partner and member of the ESG Steering group AltamarCAM.
Jose María (“Chema”) Fernández is founding partner at Aliath Bioventures SL and Managing Partner at AltamarCAM. He is Board Director at Inbiomotion, Accure Therapeutics, Investment Committee member of Alta Life Sciences Spain I FCR and at the Human I… Read full bio
Ali Floyd
Managing Director, Campbell Lutyens
Ali joined Campbell Lutyens in 2016 and is a member of the fund placement team, leading on European Private Equity business development and co-leading Campbell Lutyens’ sustainability practice. Prior to joining Campbell Lutyens, Ali worked in the M… Read full bio
Borja Garcia Fernandez
Head of Structuring and LATAM Lead, Citi Social Finance
Borja is Head of Structuring and Latin America & Caribbean (LATAM) at Citi Social Finance. In this role, he leads the team efforts across 19 countries in LATAM and lead globally the mobilization of resources with Development Finance Institutions… Read full bio
Sarah Gelfand
Managing Director, BlueMark
Sarah Gelfand is one of the impact investing market’s early pioneers. She was a founding Director at the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), where she led development of the industry’s leading system for measuring and managing impact (IRIS+). As… Read full bio
Stephen George
Founder & Managing Partner, InterAlpen Partners
Stephen George, InterAlpen’s founder, previously partnered with Jeff Skoll (eBay co-founder) as co-founder & CIO of Capricorn Group, $10B in capital focused on innovative private investments. Capricorn, under Stephen’s leadership from 2002-2013,… Read full bio
Veronika Giusti Keller
Head of Impact Management, BlueOrchard
Veronika heads the Impact Management Team at BlueOrchard and has over 20 years of experience in emerging markets and impact finance. She held prior positions at BlueOrchard as Head of Risk Management and in the investment origination team, responsibl… Read full bio
Max Gottschalk
Founding Partner, Vedra Partners
Max Gottschalk is the Founding Partner of Vedra Partners, a multi-family office with operations in London and Switzerland. Prior to Vedra, he co-founded, Gottex Fund Management in 1998, a global asset management company that he built and brought to m… Read full bio
David Gowenlock
Investment Director, Sustainable and Impact Investing, Cambridge Associates
David recently joined Cambridge Associates’ Sustainable and Impact Investing (SII) team in London and works across the firm’s Global Investment Research and Global Investment Services Groups. Alongside colleagues on the London team, he is responsible… Read full bio
Anja Gräf
Head of Impact Private Markets, Managing Principal, HSBC Global Asset Management
Anja has more than twenty years of experience in private markets and global capital markets. From 2012 to 2021 she was heading the German infrastructure business and took over global responsibility in 2020. Since 2012 she has also built the sustainab… Read full bio
Rhiann Gray
Head of Asset Management & Sustainability (PE/Infrastructure), Impax Asset Management
Rhiann works in the asset management team in the PE/Infrastructure division, which invests in renewable energy infrastructure. She oversees commercial asset management, technical asset management and sustainability in the PE/Infrastructure Team. She… Read full bio
Tehmina Haider
Partner and Co-Head of L Catterton Impact, L Catterton
Ms. Haider is a Partner focused on Impact Investing. Prior to rejoining L Catterton, Ms. Haider was the Chief Growth Officer of Harry’s Inc., where she was responsible for incubating and acquiring new brands, as well as overseeing their operations af… Read full bio
Matthew Harwood
Chief Strategy Officer, OGCI Climate Investments LLP
As Chief Strategy Officer for OGCI Climate Investments, Matthew is responsible for developing the strategy of OGCI and measuring progress toward our vision of GHG reduction. Matthew’s career in Energy and Climate has spanned 30 years working in Strat… Read full bio
Steve Hellman
Managing Partner, Mobility Impact Partners
Mr. Steven Hellman created Mobility Impact Partners as a collaborative strategic investment platform for the emerging mobility ecosystem after co-founding Energy Impact Partners, a leading private equity firm for the new energy economy. He also found… Read full bio
David Henderson
Managing Partner, XPV Water Partners
As the founder and Managing Partner of XPV, David Henderson is a thought leader and sought-after advisor, speaker, and expert contributor in the area of water innovation, policy and investing. In addition to leading the firm, David uses his industry… Read full bio
James Hicks
Director, Impact Management, Bridges Fund Management
James is a Director in Bridges Fund Management’s Impact Management team, responsible for implementing Bridges’ impact strategy and developing its impact management practice across all funds. James joined Bridges from the Impact Management Project (IM… Read full bio
Beth Houghton
Partner, Palatine
Beth is Managing Partner of Palatine’s Impact Fund. Her role includes defining the strategy and process for selecting impact investments, engaging with portfolio companies to drive value creation initiatives and tracking and reporting results to our… Read full bio
Willem Huidekoper
Head of Non-Listed Equities, IMAS Foundation
Willem Huidekoper is the Head of Non-listed Equities at IMAS foundation, where he started in 2015. IMAS Foundation is a sister foundation to the INGKA Foundation — the owner of INGKA Group, who owns and operates the majority of IKEA stores globally.… Read full bio
Alison Humphrey
Director, Transition Advisory, PJT Partners
Alison Humphrey is an ESG leader with over a decade track record advising c-suites, boards and investors. In her current role as a Strategic Advisor at PJT Partners, Alison advises institutional investors and alternative asset managers on new fund fo… Read full bio
Pia Irell
Impact Partner, Trill Impact Advisory
Pia Irell is the Impact Partner and leads Trill Impact's value creation impact and ESG practice. She is a member of the Investment Advisory Committee and has more than 15 years of experience in the private equity industry. Prior to joining Trill Impa… Read full bio
Charles-Antoine Janssen
Managing Partner, HealthQuad
Mr. Janssen serves as the Co-founder and Chief Investment Officer at HealthQuad and is responsible for the strategic and operational leadership along with board oversight at HealthQuad. He has over 20 years of experience in healthcare, private equity… Read full bio
Julia Jaskolska
PE Co-Investments and ESG Lead, CalPERs
Julia Jaskólska (Co-Investments & ESG Lead at CalPERS Private Equity) is responsible for ESG efforts across CalPERS’ Private Equity Portfolio and works on evaluating Private Equity co-investments. In her ESG role she has been spearheading industr… Read full bio
Tom Jorgensen
Managing Director, North Sky Capital
Mr. Jorgensen co-lead’s North Sky’s impact secondaries strategy and a member of the investment committee. He has been actively involved in sourcing, evaluating and executing new investment opportunities for the Firm’s prior impact funds since joining… Read full bio
Scott Kalb
CEO, KLTI Advisors; Director, Responsible Asset Allocator Initiative, New America
Scott Kalb served as CIO and Deputy CEO of the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), Korea’s US$200 billion Sovereign Wealth Fund, during 2008-2012, growing AUM from US$19 billion to US$60 billion during his tenure. He is the Founder and Director of th… Read full bio
Jérôme Kamm
Vice President, Direct Equity Investments, Hamilton Lane
Jérôme is a member of Hamilton Lane’s Direct Equity Investment team in London. He works on the origination, evaluation and due diligence of direct equity opportunities, with a specialism in Impact transactions, which he leads in EMEA. He has particul… Read full bio
Steven King
Senior Vice President, Business Development, Resource Management Service, LLC (RMS)
Steven is responsible for developing and supporting the firm’s business development initiatives. With over two decades of global timberland experience, Steven has broad experience developing timberland investment strategies, acquiring timberland, and… Read full bio
Maurice Klaver
Senior Investment Director, PGGM Investments
Maurice Klaver is Senior Investment Manager within PGGM Private Equity and responsible for sustainable investments in PFZW’s focus themes healthcare, climate, food security and water scarcity. Maurice joined PGGM Private Equity in 2011 and was until… Read full bio
Anders Klinkby
Managing Director, Position Green Advisory
Anders Klinkby is Managing Director at Position Green. He is a trusted advisor for leading asset owners and asset managers within infrastructure, private equity and venture. Before joining Position Green Anders was co-founder and CEO at Klinkby Enge,… Read full bio
Ashish Kumar
Climate ＆ Innovation Lead, Shell Foundation
Impact Investing — Blended Finance/De-risking impact finance vehicles; Early-stage start-up funding and venture-building. Human Cantered Design; Systems Thinking/Theory of Change etc. Sectors: ClimateTech/CIimate Finance; Decentralised renewables, En… Read full bio
Wren Laing
Investment Director, McConnell Foundation
Wren is an Investment Director at the McConnell Foundation, a private Canadian foundation, where she leads the foundation's impact investing work. Since making its first impact investment in 2007, McConnell has been a leader in the sector, helping to… Read full bio
Adrien-Paul Lambillon
Sustainability Specialist, Partners Group
Adrien-Paul Lambillon is Sustainability Specialist at Partners Group, a leading global private markets firm. He is involved in the firm’s ESG integration and impact efforts across the portfolio. Adrien-Paul is also researcher and member of the Center… Read full bio
Paula Langton
Partner, Campbell Lutyens
Paula joined Campbell Lutyens in 2006 and co-heads the firm’s fund placement activities in Europe as well as leading Campbell Lutyens’ sustainability practice. Paula has over 20 years of fund placement experience. She has led well over 45 fundraising… Read full bio
Gabriel Lepine
VP Strategic Finance, ZeroAvia
Gabriel Lepine is Vice President of Finance at ZeroAvia, a company developing the world's first practical zero-emission aviation powertrain. In this role, Gabriel has responsibility for fundraising, investor relations, M&A and other strategic fin… Read full bio
Frederick Leuschner
Co Founder & CEO, GreenTrade
Frederick Leuschner is a strategic leader of international technology, software, climate fintech and media organizations with a proven ability to start businesses from scratch, build multinational organisations in growth industries and create high pe… Read full bio
Jake Levy
Investment Manager, Snowball
Jake is investment manager at Snowball where he leads on private equity and impact venture capital. He is responsible for impact management across Snowball’s diversified portfolio. During his time at Snowball, Jake has co-authored a series of reports… Read full bio
Tai Lin
Managing Partner, Proterra Asia
Tai Lin is the Managing Partner of Proterra Investment Partners Asia (“Proterra Asia”), the Asian affiliate of Proterra Investment Partners (US), a global private investment manager focused on the food and agribusiness industries with over US$ 4 bill… Read full bio
Xenia Loos
Co-Founder, Partner, Collective Action
Xenia is a co-founder of Collective Action, an investment platform facilitating collaboration between institutional investors who aim to achieve measurable social and environmental impact and financial returns in private markets. She is part of the i… Read full bio
Eddie Itai Madzikanda
Director, Temasek
Eddie joined Temasek in 2012 and is a Director in the EMEA office, based in London, specifically focusing on Direct investments in the Middle East and Africa. On top of this Eddie also focuses on fund investments covering funds in Europe and Impact I… Read full bio
Diane Mak
Director of Impact Measurement and Management, Allianz Global Investors
Diane Mak leads AllianzGI’s Impact Measurement & Management team. In her role, Diane oversees the development and implementation of the impact framework and approach for the due diligence, measurement and management of AllianzGI’s private market… Read full bio
Sugandhi Matta
Chief Impact Officer, ABC Impact
As Chief Impact Officer, Sugandhi leads the firm's approach towards assessing, measuring, consolidating, and driving impact outcomes across its portfolio companies, in order to deliver measurable, positive impact alongside compelling financial return… Read full bio
Julia Mattox
Head of Investor Relations, Capricorn Investment Group
Julia Mattox leads investor relations for Capricorn Investment Group, one of the largest mission-aligned investment firms in the world. She joined Capricorn in 2020. Prior to Capricorn, Julia spent three years at PAAMCO Prisma, a fund of hedge funds,… Read full bio
Anne Matusewicz
Co-Head of ESG and Impact Strategy, Reporting21
Anne is a Director of ESG & Impact Strategy at Reporting 21, working with North America and UK-based private markets investors to help them reach their sustainability goals. She drives ESG strategy across the investment lifecycle, informing ESG d… Read full bio
Lydia Merry
Investment Director - Impact, Schroders Capital
Lydia joined Schroders Capital in 2020 and has over 15 years’ industry experience. She is passionate about mobilising institutional capital to deliver long-term positive impact through investment in place-based impact funds. She oversees product mana… Read full bio
Sarah Miller
Senior Vice President, Manager Research, Redington
Sarah works as a Senior Vice President in the Manager Research Team where she has a primary focus on private market strategies and specialises in impact investing. Sarah leads on Inclusion and Diversity within fund research and also chairs Redington'… Read full bio
Toby Mitchenall
Senior Editor, ESG and Sustainability, New Private Markets
Toby Mitchenall is Senior Editor, ESG and Sustainability at PEI. He is the editor of New Private Markets, a new publication serving sustainable investors in private markets, from ESG to impact. Toby was previously responsible for PEI’s private equity… Read full bio
Nicolas Muller
Managing Director (Head of Funds ＆ Co-Investments), Blue Earth Capital
Nicolas Muller joined Blue Earth Capital in 2022 and has 14 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Blue Earth Capital, he worked as a Senior Investment Manager for Obviam AG, a Swiss impact investing firm, where he was responsible for fund in… Read full bio
Clare Murray
Co-Founding Partner, Blume Equity
Clare Murray is a Co-Founding Partner of Blume Equity, a female-led growth equity climate-tech firm. Prior to founding Blume Equity, Clare worked at LeapFrog Investments, a growth equity impact fund. She previously worked at Blackrock where she advis… Read full bio
Jeremy Nicholls
Assurance Framework lead, UNDP SDG Impact Standards
Jeremy Nicholls is the Assurance Framework lead for the UNDP SDG Impact Standards. He is an ambassador for the Capitals Coalition (a global collaboration to integrate sustainability into business decision making), a member of Accounting for Sustainab… Read full bio
Shami Nissan
Partner, Head of Sustainability, Actis
Shami leads Actis’ approach to sustainability, ESG and impact, working closely with investment colleagues and company management to assess and manage ESG issues, helping to build world-class businesses which are leaders in sustainability, and which d… Read full bio
Karima Ola
Partner, Leapfrog Investments
Karima serves as head of the African Financial Services investment team, at LeapFrog Investments, an emerging markets impact investor with a mission to invest in companies that provide the unserved or underserved with essential services; delivering P… Read full bio
Charlotte O'Leary
CEO, Pensions for Purpose
As CEO and an executive director of Pensions for Purpose, Charlotte oversees the running of the business and ecosystem, develops the growth and innovation strategy and looks for opportunities to build partnerships to achieve Pensions for Purpose’s vi… Read full bio
Jonny Page
Head of Social and Impact Investment, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
Jonny heads up Esmée Fairbairn Foundation’s social and impact investing. Before joining the Foundation, Jonny managed regulated impact funds, as Investment Director at Big Issue Invest Fund Management and is a Chartered Accountant from Deloitte LLP.… Read full bio
Sébastien Paillat
Managing Director – Head of investments, Hy24
My 18 years’ work experience united innovative technologies and investment, leveraging my engineering background. My first investments in biogas and hydrogen technologies started from 2010, and I spent the past seven years in charge of hydrogen energ… Read full bio
Matt Penneycard
Partner, Ada Ventures
Matt has been a VC in the US and UK for over 10 years. Matt loves early-stage investing for its power to bring ideas and dreams to life, to help start the journey. Matt is passionate about mission-driven founders, and his core belief is that anyone c… Read full bio
Josh Pickford
Director, Sciens Capital Management
Mr. Pickford joined Sciens in 2011 and is a Director based in London. Sciens is an alternative asset management firm investing in private equity since 1994, real assets since 2007 and the water sector since 2018. Headquartered in New York with office… Read full bio
Olimpia Pilch
Chief Operating Officer, Critical Minerals International Alliance
Olimpia is an exploration geologist by training with a strong understanding of the upstream critical minerals sector. Olimpia coordinated and authored flagship reports on responsible sourcing which influenced the UK's very first Critical Minerals Str… Read full bio
Mariana Popa
Principal, TPG Rise Climate
Ms. Popa is a London-based Principal at TPG Rise Climate, the dedicated climate investing strategy of TPG’s global impact investing platform TPG Rise, with $16bn AUM. She serves on the board of Climavision, a pioneering weather services and intellige… Read full bio
Reva Raghavan
Regulatory Partner, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
Reva Raghavan is a financial services regulatory lawyer in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis. Reva has extensive experience in advising sponsors on fund formation, related transactions including co-investments, and advising sponsors on the ap… Read full bio
Fabio Ranghino
Partner and Head of Strategy & Sustainability - Ambienta
Fabio is a Partner and Head of Strategy & Sustainability at Ambienta and is based in Milan. He has joined Ambienta in 2011 and since then has led the development of Ambienta’s approach to sutainability driven investment across asset classes build… Read full bio
Will Relle
Director, ESG, HarbourVest
Will Relle is an ESG Director at HarbourVest Partners based in Boston. In his role, Will is focused on engaging with the firm’s investors to understand and help achieve their ESG objectives. He also works with our internal stakeholders on developing… Read full bio
Sophie Robé
Chief Executive Officer, FIIND Impact
Sophie is co-founder and CEO of FIIND Impact, an Amsterdam based investment consultant & advisory company dedicated to impact investing. We support institutional investors in building impact investing mandates, sourcing investment aligned to thei… Read full bio
Liz Roberts
Head of Impact Investing – Investment Management, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Ms. Liz Roberts is the Head of Impact Investing for MassMutual. In this role, she directs impact investing’s strategy, oversees the MassMutual Catalyst Funds (MMCF) and First Fund Initiative, and guides a team focused on investing capital for market-… Read full bio
Joe Rodgers
Programme Manager - Finance Initiative, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Joe Rodgers is the Programme Manager of the Finance Initiative at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, which aims to catalyse finance at scale for a circular economy. He works with investors and financial institutions to implement a circular economy appro… Read full bio
Abrielle Rosenthal
Chief Sustainability Officer, Towerbrook
Ms. Rosenthal is a Managing Director and Chief Sustainability Officer of TowerBrook, and co-Chair of the Responsible Ownership Committee and the DE＆I Committee. Prior to joining TowerBrook, Ms. Rosenthal was a partner in the London office of Kirkland… Read full bio
Delilah Rothenberg
Co-Founding Partner and Executive Director, The Predistribution Initiative (PDI)
Delilah Rothenberg is a Co-Founding Partner and the Executive Director of the Predistribution Initiative (PDI), a multi-stakeholder non-profit organization designed to support investors in aligning their investment governance, financial analysis, and… Read full bio
Dimple Sahni
Managing Director Multi Asset Impact Investing, Anthos Fund & Asset Management
Dimple Sahni is a Managing Director Multi Asset Impact Investing at Anthos Fund & Asset Management, a values-based asset manager, rooted in a single family office. She is responsible for originating investments, managing relationships, and helpin… Read full bio
Yasemin Saltuk Lamy
Deputy CIO, Head of Asset Allocation and Capital Solutions, British International Investment
Yasemin Lamy joined British International Investment as Deputy CIO in August 2018. She is responsible for the Catalyst Strategies, a portfolio aimed at transformational, system-level impact and innovation across its target geographies of Africa and S… Read full bio
Carlotta Saporito
Head of Global Impact Investing, JPMorgan Private Bank
Carlotta is the Head of Impact Investing at J,P. Morgan Private Bank. Before joining the firm in 2022, she worked at British International Investments (BII, formerly known as CDC Group), where she was a Director and Head of Fund Solutions. Prior to t… Read full bio
Danyal Sattar
Chief Executive, Big Issue Invest
Danyal Sattar is Chief Executive Officer of The Big Issue Invest. He brings with him a wealth of experience in providing finance and support to social enterprises and charities seeking to eradicate poverty while creating opportunities for people acro… Read full bio
Snehal Shah
Reporter, New Private Markets, PEI Group
Snehal Shah is a reporter for New Private Markets, PEI Group’s publication for climate, sustainability, ESG, impact investing and diversity in private markets. She works across private equity, venture capital, private debt, infrastructure and real as… Read full bio
Joe Shamash
Investment Director, Big Society Capital
Joe is an investment director at Big Society Capital, covering investments in impact venture and renewables, and managing impact for the Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust. Prior to joining Big Society Capital, he worked for donor funded impact investm… Read full bio
Tazia Smith
Chief Operating Officer & Head of Capital Partnerships, Closed Loop Partners
Tazia Smith, CFA© is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) & Head of Capital Partnerships at Closed Loop Partners, responsible for capital formation, investor relations and stakeholder management across the firm. Prior to joining Closed Loop Partners… Read full bio
Laurie J Spengler
President and CEO, Courageous Capital Advisors
Laurie J. Spengler is an impact investment banker, board member and active contributor to the impact investing industry. Among current board engagements, Laurie serves as a non-executive director of British International Investment (formerly known as… Read full bio
Peter Spring
Partner, Bain Capital Double Impact
Mr. Spring joined Bain Capital in 2005 and is a Partner on the Bain Capital Double Impact team. Prior to joining Bain Capital, Mr. Spring was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, and capital raising fo… Read full bio
Jan Ståhlberg
Founder & Managing Partner, Trill Impact
Jan Ståhlberg founded Trill Impact in 2019 with the ambition to be a force for positive change through impact private investments, in large & small scale. The firm’s mission is to create‘ Real Returns & Lasting Impact’ for the benefit of inve… Read full bio
Kinga Stanislawska
Founder, European Women in VC
Kinga has 20 years of experience in investments and finance. She established the European Women in VC platform with the aim of increasing the number of female partners at venture funds across Europe from the current low single digit percentage number… Read full bio
Dr Rory Sullivan
CEO, Chronos Sustainability
Rory Sullivan is CEO of Chronos Sustainability and Visiting Professor in Practice at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics (LSE). He is an internationally recognised expert on responsi… Read full bio
Aglae Touchard le Drian
Co-Head RAISE Impact, RAISE
Aglaé is Co-head and Partner of RAISE Impact, one of the largest European fund focused on impact investing (https://www.raise.co/en/raise-impact/). Aglaé has over 20 years of experience in impact investing across developed and developing markets in p… Read full bio
Juho Uusihakala
Head of Impact, Finnfund
Juho specialises in impact management and measurement of private sector operations in emerging markets. His work covers the whole investment cycle from ex-ante screening to monitoring and impact studies. Juho has worked with several sectors and indus… Read full bio
Marjoleine van der Peet
Co-Founder, Partner, Collective Action
Marjoleine co-founded Collective Action, an investment platform facilitating collaboration between institutional investors who aim to achieve measurable social and environmental impact and financial returns in private markets. She is a seasoned impac… Read full bio
Marieke van Kamp
Head of Private Markets, NN Group
Marieke van Kamp is head of Private Markets at NN Group, a leading Dutch insurance and investment management company with strong businesses in European insurance, asset management and Japan. Marieke has a Master’s degree in Real Estate Management and… Read full bio
Malu van Santen
Co-Founder, Partner, Collective Action
Malu brings 12 years of in-depth financial experience in the investment sector with a strong focus on impact investing. She started her career in 2008 at KPMG M&A (Financial Services Team). She worked in several roles as a Senior Analyst (Wilshir… Read full bio
Marie-Anne Vincent
VP Climate Finance, Sweep
Marie-Anne Vincent is Sweep's VP climate finance. The former CEO of the European climate data provider Carbon4 Finance has 15+ years of experience in the finance industry, working at various positions at HSBC and BNP Paribas on the intersection of fi… Read full bio
Rajiv Viswanathan
Managing Director, Adamantem Capital
Rajiv Viswanathan is a Managing Director of Adamantem Capital with a focus on investment in businesses enabling decarbonisation, natural capital and circular economy outcomes. He has worked across the private, public and impact investing sectors in S… Read full bio
Patricia Volhard
Partner, Debevoise ＆ Plimpton
Patricia Volhard is a partner at Debevoise ＆ Plimpton, and member of the firm’s core group of ESG partners. Her practice focuses on advising private funds on fund formation and structuring, including on the full range of European regulatory issues, a… Read full bio
Nick Wood
CEO/CIO, Resonance Asset Management
Nick founded Resonance Asset Management Limited in 2012 to create and manage investment funds of real industrial operating assets for institutional investors. Resonance has grown to manage US$550m in AUM with funds investing in operating wind farms a… Read full bio
Dimitri Zenghelis
Partner, Independent Economics
Dimitri Zenghelis is Special Advisor for the Wealth Economy Project, at the Bennett Institute, University of Cambridge, which he previously co-founded and led, and is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of… Read full bio
2024 agenda available soon
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Impact Investor Global Summit
Our leading advisory board
Anita Bhatia
Investment Director- Investment Director, Endowment Team, Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation
Anita is Investment Director at Guy's and St Thomas' Charity, working on the investment activities of the Charity's endowment and leads the development and implementation of the Charity's impact investing activities including portfolio construction,… Read full bio
Jen Braswell
Managing Director and Head of Impact, Private Capital, EQT
Jen Braswell joined EQT Partners in September 2022 as Head of Impact for Private Capital based in London, UK. Prior to joining EQT Partners, Jen was Head of Value Creation in the Impact Group at British International Investment (formerly CDC Group),… Read full bio
Cecilia Chao
Managing Director, Bain Capital Double Impact
Cecilia Chao is a Managing Director at Bain Capital Double Impact. She joined Bain Capital in 2008 and prior to her current role, she was a member of the Private Equity Portfolio Group. Prior to joining Bain Capital, Ms. Chao was a Vice President at… Read full bio
Michele Giddens OBE
Co-founder ＆ Co-CEO, Bridges Fund Management
Michele co-founded Bridges alongside Philip Newborough and Sir Ronald Cohen in 2002 and now oversees strategy, client development, talent development, public affairs and impact management. She sits on the Investment Committee for all Bridges funds an… Read full bio
Pia Irell
Impact Partner, Trill Impact Advisory
Pia Irell is the Impact Partner and leads Trill Impact's value creation impact and ESG practice. She is a member of the Investment Advisory Committee and has more than 15 years of experience in the private equity industry. Prior to joining Trill Impa… Read full bio
Yasemin Saltuk Lamy
Deputy CIO, Head of Asset Allocation and Capital Solutions, British International Investment
Yasemin Lamy joined British International Investment as Deputy CIO in August 2018. She is responsible for the Catalyst Strategies, a portfolio aimed at transformational, system-level impact and innovation across its target geographies of Africa and S… Read full bio
Vincent Lecat
Impact & ESG Specialist, Development Partners International LLP (DPI)
Vincent Lecat is an ESG specialist with 10+ years’ experience working in Africa, Europe and South-East Asia on large investment projects with international fundings in the power, food and agriculture, transport, health, urban development and extracti… Read full bio
Xenia Loos
Co-Founder, Partner, Collective Action
Xenia is a co-founder of Collective Action, an investment platform facilitating collaboration between institutional investors who aim to achieve measurable social and environmental impact and financial returns in private markets. She is part of the i… Read full bio
Nina Pfifer
Co-founder/ Chief External Affairs Officer, Conduit Capital
Nina spent the first decade of her career trying to change the world via ‘traditional’ means –working for the International Institute for Peace, the UN and the European Commission – before becoming inspired to change careers to the investment world,… Read full bio
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Network with the global impact investment industry
The summit will be in-person in London. Join 500+ attendees from specialist impact fund managers, general asset managers and institutional investors for two days of networking at the must-attend event for impact investment professionals.
The in-person networking experience
Meet investors focused on impact investment
Network with active investors in the industry. Benefit from our expansive global investor community who will be in attendance throughout the summit.
Network in-person in London
Connect with your peers at interactive workshops, networking breaks, evening drinks reception, roundtable discussions and invite-only breakfasts.
Build new connections
Our past attendees included Big Society Capital, Blackstone Group, CDC Group, Goldman Sachs, Macarthur Foundation, MassMutual, New York State Common Retirement Fund, and many more.
Previous attendees included
Testimonials from attendees
Operating Principles for Impact Management
Diane Damskey, Head of Secretariat
The event gathered some of the top names in impact investing and covered key topics to promote the understanding and growth of this market. The organization and…
SV Health Investors
Hannah Maunder, Investor Relations and Communications Associate
The Impact Investor Global Summit provided a huge amount of clarity on all things impact investing and did so in an engaging and enjoyable way.
FSN Capital Partners
Pål Dale, Senior Director, Business Development
All in all, the event provided a rich and detailed snapshot of the state of the impact investment industry, as of 2021.
Institutional Investors at the Impact Global Summit 2023
The Impact Investor Global Summit provides a leading platform for leading institutional investors and allocators investing in impact in private markets to gather.
Check out the benefits of joining the conference, who among your peers attends and find out how to apply for a complimentary pass for you or your team below.
Previous impact allocators and investors that have attended include:
Who attends the summit?
Are you an institutional investor?
- Meet with the best and biggest impact funds globally – network and arrange one-to-one meetings with leading impact managers
- Networking with peers and other institutional investors – build your network of peers, understand their strategies, challenges and allocation approach to impact
- Get insight on the latest innovations and trends in impact investing – take advantage of world-class speaking faculty to stay aligned with developments in the market
- Find investment opportunities across the impact market’s thematic sub-asset classes from climate, healthcare, social, education and many more
Apply for a complimentary Institutional Investor pass
A limited number of complimentary passes are available for impact LPs, allocators and institutional investors to join the event.
In order to qualify for a complimentary pass, you must meet the eligibility criteria in representing a pension fund, insurance company, sovereign wealth, private wealth manager, foundation, endowment, family office or corporate investment division.
Apply for a pass and a member of our team will follow up with you to secure your pass.